Introduction : Environment - Components of Environment Ecosystem: Types& Structure of Ecosystem, Balanced ecosystem Human Activities – Food,Shelter, And Economic & Social Security. Impacts of Agriculture & Housing Impacts of Industry, Mining &Transportation Environmental Impact Assessment, Sustainable Development.
Natural Resources, Water resources : Availability & Quality aspects, Waterborne diseases & water induced diseases, Fluoride problem in drinking waterMineral resources, Forest Wealth Material Cycles – Carbon Cycle, NitrogenCycle & Sulphur Cycle. Energy : Different types of energy, Conventional sources & NonConventional sources of energy Solar energy, Hydro electric energy, WindEnergy, Nuclear energy, Biomass & Biogas Fossil Fuels, Hydrogen as analternative energy.
Environmental Pollution : Water Pollution, Noise pollution, Land Pollution,Public Health Aspects.Global Environmental Issues : Population Growth, Urbanization, LandManagement, Water & Waste Water Management.
Air Pollution & Automobile Pollution : Definition, Effects – Global Warming,Acid rain & Ozone layer depletion, controlling measures. Solid Waste Management, E - Waste Management & Biomedical WasteManagement - Sources, Characteristics & Disposal methods.
Introduction to GIS & Remote sensing, Applications of GIS & RemoteSensing in Environmental Engineering Practices. Environmental Acts & Regulations, Role of government, Legal aspects, Roleof Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) , Environmental Education &Women Education.